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Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Lewisville, told Fox Business on Monday that the Solyndra bankruptcy might never have made headlines had the White House provided the requested documents and access to top staffers.

“But now it’s blown well past that. It’s like everything else: It’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up,” Burgess said. “That is what is so discouraging about this.”

“RON PAUL: It has been said that when all you have is a hammer, everything is a nail. Our government is full of people who sincerely believe big government and more spending is the answer to every problem. They automatically look to government for every solution. Government is their hammer, and all they know to do is to keep hammering. When government “solutions” still don’t solve the problems, they are unfazed. They keep calling for more government, more laws, and more programs. Americans are tired of being treated like nails.” …

The Texan who chairs the House Judiciary Committee says he wants an independent investigator to look into a loan guarantee the Energy Department approved for the now-bankrupt California company Solyndra LLC.

Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder today seeking an outside lawyer to probe Solyndra’s bankruptcy case to determine “whether politics played a role in influencing the Obama administration to favor Solyndra over more financially stable loan applicants.”